John Coppock, W.H. Yaldwin?s overseer, said in a sworn statement, that on 9 June 1840, about 50 Aborigines who had stolen sheep from Dr Bowman and Mr Yaldwyn?s runs, had been tracked down by a party of eight white men. A ?pitched battle? took place for three quarters of an hour, in which seven or eight Aborigines were shot dead, after which the sheep were recovered.

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